flacaltenn
Diamond Member
OK. Show me a practical fuel cell car with the performance, range, and cost of the present Tesla S.
You are soooo lazy and naive.. I gave you a post number for a S.Jose Merc article. Hyundai introduced a new model (last year). BMW has had sedans for many years.
From the WIKI
Audi:
2004 - Audi A2H2-hybrid vehicle
2009 - Audi Q5-FCEV[2]
BMW:
2002 - BMW 750hl
2010 - BMW 1 Series Fuel-cell hybrid electric[3]
Chrysler:
2000 - Jeep Commander II-hybrid vehicle-Commercial
2001 - Chrysler Natrium-hybrid vehicle
2003 - Jeep Treo-Fuel cell
Daimler:
1994 - Mercedes-Benz NECAR 1
1996 - Mercedes-Benz NECAR 2
1997 - Mercedes-Benz NECAR 3
1999 - Mercedes-Benz NECAR 4
2000 - Mercedes-Benz NECAR 5
2002 - Mercedes-Benz F-Cell based on the Mercedes-Benz A-Class
2005 - Mercedes-Benz F600 Hygenius
2009 - Mercedes-Benz F-CELL Roadster
2009 - Mercedes-Benz F-Cell based on the Mercedes-Benz B-Class[4]
Fiat:
2001 - Fiat Seicento Elettra H2 Fuel Cell-hybrid vehicle
2003 - Fiat Seicento Hydrogen-hybrid vehicle
2005 - Fiat Panda Hydrogen-Fuel cell
2008 - Fiat Phyllis-Fuel cell
2008 - Fiat Panda-Fiat Panda HyTRAN[5]
Ford:
2000 - Ford Focus FCV-Fuel cell. Note however that Ford Motor Company has dropped its plans to develop hydrogen cars, stating that "The next major step in Ford’s plan is to increase over time the volume of electrified vehicles".[6]
2006 - F-250 Super Chief a Tri-Flex engine concept pickup.
General Motors:
1966 - GM Electrovan-Fuel cell
2001 - HydroGen3-Fuel cell
2002 - GM HyWire-Fuel cell
2005 - GM Sequel-hybrid vehicle
2006 - Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell[7]
2007 - HydroGen4[7]
Honda:
2002 - Honda FCX - hybrid vehicle
2007 - Honda FCX Clarity - Hydrogen Fuel cell - Production model
Hyundai:
2001 - Hyundai Santa Fe FCEV-Fuel cell
2010 - Hyundai Tucson-ix35 FCEV-Fuel cell[8]
Lotus Engineering:
2010 - Black Cab-Fuel cell[9]
Kia:
2009 - Kia Borrego FCEV-Fuel cell[10]
Mazda:
1991 - Mazda HR-X Hydrogen Wankel Rotary.
1993 - Mazda HR-X2 Hydrogen Wankel Rotary.
1993 - Mazda MX-5 Miata Hydrogen Wankel Rotary.
1995 - Mazda Capella Cargo, first public street test of the hydrogen Wankel Rotary engine.
1997 - Mazda Demio FC-EV Methanol-Reducing Fuel Cell
2001 - Mazda Premacy FC-EV - First public street test of the Methanol-Reducing Fuel Cell vehicle in Japan
2003 - Mazda RX-8 Hydrogen RE Hydrogen \ Gasoline hybrid Wankel Rotary.
2007 - Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid
2009 - Mazda 5 Hydrogen RE Hybrid[11]
Mitsubishi:
2004 - Mitsubishi FCV
Morgan:
2005 - Morgan LIFEcar-hybrid vehicle-concept car
Nissan:
2002 - Nissan X-Trail FCHV-hybrid vehicle. Note, however that in 2009, Nissan announced that it is cancelling its hydrogen car R&D efforts.[12]
Peugeot:
2004 - Peugeot Quark
2006 - Peugeot 207 Epure
2008 - H2Origin-Fuel cell
Renault:
Scenic ZEV H2 is a hydro-electric MPV co-developed by Nissan.
Riversimple:
2009 - Riversimple Urban Car
Ronn Motor Company:
2008 - Ronn Motor Scorpion
Toyota:
2002 - Toyota FCHV-hybrid vehicle
2003 - Toyota Fine-S-concept car
2003 - Toyota Fine-N-concept car
2005 - Toyota Fine-T-concept car
2005 - Toyota Fine-X-concept car
2008 - Toyota FCHV-adv-preproduction vehicle (expected public release 2015) [13]
Volkswagen:
2000 - VW Bora Hy-motion-Fuel cell
2002 - VW Bora Hy-power-Fuel cell
2004 - VW Touran Hy-motion-Fuel cell
2007 - VW space up! blue
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Honda, Hyundai, Kia, and Toyota all have PRODUCTION MODELS available or soon to be available. BMW, Toyota, and all the Korean manufacturers have scaled back a bunch of their fully EV design and production in favor of pursuing this.
Good enough for ya GoldiRocks? Kiss your batteries and Super-Sized Grid infrastructure good-bye. The market will solve these issues.
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